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&%==:::... HAVE TO FOLLOW A SET PATH. THIS PATH IS ...:::==%&
&====..... CALLED A "RAILWAY", WHICH IS COMPRISED .....====&
##@&%===:. OF TWO METAL RAILS, HENCE ITS NICKNAME. .:===%&@##
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#&%=:..... BECAUSE THE LOW FRICTION BETWEEN THE .....:=%
#&%%%===:. WHEELS OF THE TRAIN AND THE RAIL METAL, .:===%%%
@@@&%===:. THERE ARE LIMITS FOR HOW ACUTE A CURVE .:===%&@@@
@@@&%===:. CAN BE, AND EVEN MORE SO FOR HOW MUCH .:===%&@@@
@@@&%===:. THE GROUND UNDER THE RAILS CAN BE .:===%&@@@
@%%=::.... SLOPED. THUS A RAILWAY IS OFTEN NOT LED ....::=%%@
@&&===:... ON TOP OF HILLS, RATHER THROUGH THEM IN ...:===&&@
&&%%==:... TUNNELS (IF THEY ARE LARGE), OR ...:==%%&&
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##@&%===:. RAILS, BUT NOT TOO CLOSE, OR THEY WILL .:===%&@##
##@&%===:. BE CUT DOWN BY THE RAILWAY JANITORS. .:===%&@##
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##@&%===:. WATER. .:===%&@##
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#&%%====:. TRAINS GO BY DAY AND BY NIGHT. ALONG .:====%%
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##@&%===:. SCATTERED, OFTEN PUT ON TOP OF POLES, .:===%&@##
##@&%===:. TO BE INTERPRETED BY THE TRAIN DRIVERS. .:===%&@##
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@@%=====:. FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN, FAR AWAY. THIS .:=====%@@
##@&%===:. IS SIGNALED BY RED OR GREEN LIGHTS. .:===%&@##
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##@&%===:. OFTEN THIS PROVES TO BE THE SHORTER .:===%&@##
@@&==:.... PATH BETWEEN TWO POINTS. HOWEVER THIS ....:==&@@
@@%=====:. IS FROWNED UPON, AND VERY IMPOLITE .:=====%@@
&=====:... TOWARD THE TRAIN DRIVERS! ...:=====&
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